Females in the Broadcast Industry launches

Females in the Broadcast Industry (FBI) has launched, with the aim of bringing together the broadcast industry's top women and associations to create thought-provoking panel discussions and networking events.

Females in the Broadcast Industry (FBI) has launched, with the aim of bringing together the broadcast industry's top women and associations to create thought-provoking panel discussions and networking events. The group is aimed at women working in non-craft roles in the broadcast industry such as sales, operations, marketing, engineering and business.

“After the great success of the two events that we have already held at IBC and the discussion and coverage that this generated we decided to formalise the group and open up membership,” commented Sadie Groom, founder of the FBI initiative and managing director of Bubble and Squeak. “We hope that women, and men, will join us to start a real discussion on the issues involved and come to our events with ideas for what the broadcast industry can be doing better to encourage women to come into this sector. In addition, we hope this will result in more women holding senior positions across the industry.”